rockinghockey
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- Oct 22, 2008
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With the Canadian dollar having a very strong corolation with the NHL salary cap I can see the cap not going up much in the next couple of years. It may be even be possible that we see a slight decline. This is why I was impressed when Sekera was signed to a respectable cap hit of 5.5mil. The only reason why the cap is where it is now is because the players opted for the 5 percent.
Do we go after a UFA that will help us out now but in 3 yrs they can real be a hindrance or do we go with what we have and hope we can sign a UFA for 2 or 3 yrs?
How much would signing Seabrook hurt the team depth. In 3-4 yrs and him not being a top 4 dman.
Chia has to ensure that he does not hurt the team to improve for the next three years but not be able to sign our young players when they will be the ones to carry us for 10 yrs plus.
Let's take a look at our team as of now:
Pouliot, RNH, Eberle 16 mil
Hall, McDavid, Yak 12.275
Korpikoski, Lander, Purcell 7 887 500
Hendricks, Letestu, Klinkhammer/Gaszdic 5.125
Fwds total 41 287 500
Sekera, Fayne 9 125 000
Klefbom, Schultz 4 919 000
Ference, Gryba/Nikitin 9 000 000
Dmen total 23 044 000
Talbot, Scrivens 4 750 000
Team total 69 081 500
My logic for this year is let the coach and the team develop and the GM can evaluate what we have. Who fits in and who does not. Buying out Nikitin just extends money on the cap. Signing a player like Seabrook if he becomes available will hurt this team when McDavid, Nurse, and LD will need to be paid.
Next year we will have the following line up:
Pouliot, RNH, Eberle 16 mil
Hall, McDavid, Yak 12 275 000
Korpikospi, Lander, LD 6 787 500
Hendricks, Letestu,? 3 650 000
Fwds total 38 712, 000
Sekera, Fayne 9 125 000
Nurse, Klefbom (Klefbom 4.25mil) 5 963 000
Reinhart (4mil), Ference 7 250 000
Total dmen 21 051, 000
Goalie 6 mil for two
Team total 68 696 500
We would need to fill 3 fwd positions. This is were the development of our prospects like Yakimov and others will be needed to keep the cap hit down. This is year two of Mcdavid's contract. Does Schultz come back or do we look at a dman for around 6-7 mil.
Reinhart and LD are both RFAs and will require new contracts. What would their cap hit be for the following year. Yak is either going to be moved or signed to a deal depending on how he has progressed. Lander will be due for a new contract, how much has he proved himself. Is Klefbom a legit 3 dman.
This year we loose more UFAs that have some pretty big cap hits
Pouliot, RNH, Eberle 16 mil
Hall, McDavid, Yak(6mil) 15 775 000
LD, Lander,? (LD 2yr 4.5; Lander 2.8) ? 7 300 000
?, Letestu,? 1 800 000
Fwds 39 075 000
3 more fwds to sign
Sekera, Klefbom 9 750 000
Nurse, Reinhart 5 713 000
? , ?
Dmen total 15 463 000
3 more dmen neede
Goalies 6 mil
Team total 50 538 000
This is when Nurse and McDavid will require big raises with Eberle 1 yr away from UFA, Hall 2, and RNH 3. We have to take into consideration that Klefbom, Yak, Reinhart, LD and Lander sign for that amount.
Do we go after a UFA that will help us out now but in 3 yrs they can real be a hindrance or do we go with what we have and hope we can sign a UFA for 2 or 3 yrs?
How much would signing Seabrook hurt the team depth. In 3-4 yrs and him not being a top 4 dman.
Chia has to ensure that he does not hurt the team to improve for the next three years but not be able to sign our young players when they will be the ones to carry us for 10 yrs plus.
Let's take a look at our team as of now:
Pouliot, RNH, Eberle 16 mil
Hall, McDavid, Yak 12.275
Korpikoski, Lander, Purcell 7 887 500
Hendricks, Letestu, Klinkhammer/Gaszdic 5.125
Fwds total 41 287 500
Sekera, Fayne 9 125 000
Klefbom, Schultz 4 919 000
Ference, Gryba/Nikitin 9 000 000
Dmen total 23 044 000
Talbot, Scrivens 4 750 000
Team total 69 081 500
My logic for this year is let the coach and the team develop and the GM can evaluate what we have. Who fits in and who does not. Buying out Nikitin just extends money on the cap. Signing a player like Seabrook if he becomes available will hurt this team when McDavid, Nurse, and LD will need to be paid.
Next year we will have the following line up:
Pouliot, RNH, Eberle 16 mil
Hall, McDavid, Yak 12 275 000
Korpikospi, Lander, LD 6 787 500
Hendricks, Letestu,? 3 650 000
Fwds total 38 712, 000
Sekera, Fayne 9 125 000
Nurse, Klefbom (Klefbom 4.25mil) 5 963 000
Reinhart (4mil), Ference 7 250 000
Total dmen 21 051, 000
Goalie 6 mil for two
Team total 68 696 500
We would need to fill 3 fwd positions. This is were the development of our prospects like Yakimov and others will be needed to keep the cap hit down. This is year two of Mcdavid's contract. Does Schultz come back or do we look at a dman for around 6-7 mil.
Reinhart and LD are both RFAs and will require new contracts. What would their cap hit be for the following year. Yak is either going to be moved or signed to a deal depending on how he has progressed. Lander will be due for a new contract, how much has he proved himself. Is Klefbom a legit 3 dman.
This year we loose more UFAs that have some pretty big cap hits
Pouliot, RNH, Eberle 16 mil
Hall, McDavid, Yak(6mil) 15 775 000
LD, Lander,? (LD 2yr 4.5; Lander 2.8) ? 7 300 000
?, Letestu,? 1 800 000
Fwds 39 075 000
3 more fwds to sign
Sekera, Klefbom 9 750 000
Nurse, Reinhart 5 713 000
? , ?
Dmen total 15 463 000
3 more dmen neede
Goalies 6 mil
Team total 50 538 000
This is when Nurse and McDavid will require big raises with Eberle 1 yr away from UFA, Hall 2, and RNH 3. We have to take into consideration that Klefbom, Yak, Reinhart, LD and Lander sign for that amount.